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mother Of the 10y Pi"kler, who killed
young Chester Dodd ia this city yes
terday, is believed to he crazy, and
was put in cell with her son this
evening. She tried 10 get under !he
bed Of nelghhor last night, and
could not he kept at home, hut wan
dered aimlessIy around. The ladies
became alarmed and it was thought
best to cOnine her.
r & Nicholson, the proprietor Of
the Nashville Protective and C0lIec
ton Agency, is in custody for alleged
misrepresentation Of funds. His arr
rest was caused by Robert II. Chatfe
of Ne" Orleans. acting for himself
and other business men in that city.
Nicholson, who WIS formerly man
ager of the Nashville and Memphis
branch offices of K. G. Dun Il Co.'s
Mercantile Agency, and subsequently
engaged in business at New Orleans,
Cincinnati and St. Louis, is charged
with having collected aud failed to
turn over the sum of nearly $4,000,
realized on accounts placed in his
hands
A Jackson special of the lllh inst,
says: Rev. Frederick Howard, d. d I,
pastor of the Central Baptist church.
and editor Of the True Baptist, this
city, through his attorneys, Messrs
Pitts, Hays and Meeks, to-day filed
papers in the circuit court for libel
against sixteen members of the First
Baptist church and the FOrked Deer
Blade, this city; the Tennessee Bap,
list, Memphis, and the Baptist Re
Aector, Chattanooga. DR.. Howard
sues for $4,000 damages alleged to
have been sustained by reason Of cer'
tain publications by he defendants.
The date of the trial here is hxed for
the 28th Of March.
Dresden Enterprise: Hiram Nan>
ny, the young man who "as recently
tried and acquitted before magis'
trates court at this place for the Sc
duction of Miss Love of this coun.
ty, was killed by the woman's brOth'
er at Fulton, KY, on the Friday be
fore Christmas. Both men were un.
der the influence of whisky when
the encounter took place before q
store in that portion of the town
called "the hill" Love seized roll
ing pin, lying in front of the store for
a sign, and dealt Nanny several severe
blows on the head, iuAicting wounds
from which he died that night about
7 o'clock. The murderer escaped
and has not yet been apprehended.
q GAINESVILLE Democrat: A case oc
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q Christmas week which showed how
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+. respects, A brute of a fellow nam
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O yet the law only makes his ofeuse
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and he cannot even he taken to tn
Y penitentiary and honored with stri
o ped suit at the expense of the state 70
!. his villainy. If his poor wife an
t, child had been starving, and he, gu
| of love for them, had stolen one of hi
i. neighbours chickens to feed them on
o he might have beer sent to the pen
W tiary for five years for his crime.
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in his claws, and noiselessly slid to
the fence, concealed from the dogs by
the leaves. He had then glided along
the fence until he saw ft to spring on
the ground, and was now chuckling to
himself in his snug den. It's all up with
coon hunting tonight, thought I, and I
prepared to come down the tree. The
branch on which had stepped to exam.
Inc the grape vine forked, and I had
placed one foot in the crotch thus formed,
while the other rested on the limb. As
turned to descend found my foot was
so wedged in the crotch that could not
remove 1t. / made . violent effort to
disengage myself. heard crash. and
in . second I was swinging between
earth and Heaven, suspended from the
crotch, where my ankle was firmly held.
My effort to remove my foot had evidently
broken the limb. For q second was
disposed to think my predicament ridicu-
lous, but 1t quickly assumed very
serious appearance. Despite my best
efforts could not swing up to the limb
with my hands outstretched, and the pain
in my ankle was beginning to be severe
besides, the blood came rushing to my
head as hung suspended. There was
no branch l could seize nor could l
reach the trunk, and 1 was fifteen feet
fully from the ground. Seriousness
screamed, Joe, oh Joep' My voice
rang through the woods. No answer.
The pain in my head was becoming as
bad as that in my ankle; my temple
throbbed with the excess of blood. l
was dying. Joe, oh Joep l screamed
in the shrill accents of despair.
"Hyar Is. I'm kumin', boss" came
the reply, and old Joe came limping into
the moon-lighted clearing.
"Quick! Get up the tree, Joe; my foot
is caught. I'm dyingp cried.
Joe understood me and, forgetting his
lameness, swarmed up the tree like a
squirrel. In a second he had reached the
branch from which l hung. He ex.
tended himself along it and reached
downward with his hands. I gave my
body q swing and he caught me by
the wrist. In q moment I was on the
branch, and Joe was hacking away with
his hatchet at the crotch. So firmly was
my foot wedged in the fork that it took
considerable chopping to release me, but
finally found myself on terra firma
with badly-damaged ankle, but other.
wise all right.
Slowly, assisted by Joe, I made my
painful way homeward, and it was broad
daylight when arrived.
During the journey Joe said to me
solemnly:
"Boss, did dat coon hab tail p
II didn't notice." groaned 1.
"Wall, boss, he didn't hab no tail, an
he were no coon he were sperrit, and
bress de Lord you got off as good as you
did, for yo' was chasin' de bob-tailed
coon"
Some weeks careful nursing by my
genial host and his lovely wife put me
on my feet again, and shortly afterward
returned to the city, but my friend informs
me old Joe still tells visitors of the result
of my recklessness in chasing the bob.
tailed coon. JAS. g. PLUMMER
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next morning paid a diplomatic visit
to Joe. My point was easily reached.
Joe, his feeling mellowed by a dollar,
affirmed that he was glad of my
"kumpny," and bade me be ready by
half-past eight that evening. My ar
rangements were soon made. l bor-
rowed an old coat and pair
Of well-worn inexpressibles from my
host, and thus equipped 1 was promptly
at the rendezvous. then discovered
that Joe and myself made up the party.
No one else seemed to long for ten-mile
run through the woods that night.
Nothing daunted by the smallness of our
numbers, we set of for the woods, Joe
leading two half-brsd hounds in leash.
The night was favorable to the sport.
The moon would not rise until after
midnight, but the stars shone brightly
and the temperature was just cold enough
to render exercise agreeable. Joe made
for the woods back of cornfield, where
he hoped to strike game, for the coon
greatly relishes an ear of corn as q
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stone bathtub, and this they call Juliet's
tomb. 1t was nearly full of writing
cards, deposited there by pilgrims to
the tomb" while scattered about were
remnants of wreaths and floral tributes,
laid there by worshipers of the fair but
unfortunate Juliet. One or two old pic
lures and frescoes of the old monastery
chapel still adorn the wall. The present
guardians of the tomb, when not selling
beer and wine to the patrons in the gar
den, make great deal by charging fees
and selling photographs The city gov
ernment regulates the fees, and so Of
ticial recognition is given to the place.
Alas! poor Juliet, your troubles were
many during life, and it seems that even
now people are determined to make whaa
they can out of your memory.
In the twilight followed the fat, slip.
shod girl away through the cabbage gar
den, leaving the beer saloon and tomb
keeper to deal out some more beer to his
patrons as they sat and gossiped at the
table by Juliet's tomb, or played marbles
with the great wooden balls in the veg.
etable garden attached to it.
JOHN 8. SHRIvER.
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WIGS.
Their Introduction Into England ani
Some Of Their Peculiarities.

Their Introduction Into England and
Some Of Their Peculiarities.
The periwig, which had been long used in
France, was introduced into England soon
after the Restoration. The ladies wore their
hair curled and frizzed with the incest art,
and they frequently set it off with artificial
curls called ''heart-breakers." After the
Restoration 1t was natural for the courtiers
to assume an appearance as distinct as posi-
BILE from the enemies of the monarchy, and
in opposition to the short hair of the
Rouhdheads, they heightened the periwig
to the waist. 1t is easy to see that in many
cases 1t was necessary to confine the hair
of these wigs. That it was first confined by
persons in military capacity appears by the
names which wigs tied back had. A full wig
tied back in one curl is Major" in two curls
the ribbon was a "kamiiie . and thus the
physicians and the lawyers became possessed
Of the "TYe." Hogarth, who lived during
the time Of the wig epidemic, satirized the
fashion in aprint called ''The Five Orders
Of Periwigs Measured enthusiastically"
ders. We have the parsons wig, the legal
Wig, the aldermanic wig, the episcopal wig,
the composite wig, the bag wig, the wig in
folio. the full-buttoned wig, the pigtail wig
the Ramilie, the scratch wig. etc. Fenitut
Dc Eincles says that wig in folio cost 1000
gentleman varied in price from thirty to
forty guineas. It 10, therefore, not surpris-
ing that the swell mob of the wig period
tried to possess themselves Of such costly ar
ticles. Their mode of operations Is thus de-
scribed by Sam Rogers: "a small boy was
tai man, and the the Wig If was uSd twisched % S % IL
. moment BY the boy. The bewildered
owner looked all around for It, when an ac-
complice impeded his progress under the
pretSnse Of assisting him while the tray
bearer made Of" Gay, in his ''Trivia," had
already given the following warning con-
cerning wigs:
Not 10 the faxen wig with safety worn:
High on the shoulders In basket borne
Turks the sly boy whose hand, to rapine bred,
Plucks on the curling honors OF thy head.
-Cdssslrs Family Aagaxiss.
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it is made commonplace. But I guess
1t is the same everywhere. Truth is
stranger than fiction. One knows that
Juliet lived, loved and died at Verona,
and that Desdemona lived at Venice.
At Verona you are shown Juliets home
and her tomb, but lovers of romance
should 60 prepared to have the poetry
of the story changed to vulgar prose.
Twill not forget, however, my visit to
Desdemona's home here. Few people
see more than the outside, because the
Netherlands minister owns one-half of
the home, and Mr.. Alphonse Pianta, the
proprietor of the Grand Hotel, the
other, together with mutual friend, Mr..
Henry Maffert. Mr.. Pianta kindly gave
me lunch in Desdemona's house and
showed me the portion he owns. II
know you are staying at a rival hotel"
said the jolly young Italian, "but if you
wish to 60 back to America and say you
slept in Desdemona's home, come down
tonight at eleven o'clock and YOU shall
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BY THE WAY.

The Yankee yachtsmen hope that the
side.
Turkey has its back up at Prince Ferdi-
nand. But it is Russia that will gobble
gobble Bulgaria.
It would seem that our American girls are
exceptionally stubborn, for all our learned
structures on corsets and tight lacing con-
tinue to go to waist.
~
o, Ferd'y Ward. now will he feel
When first the news arrives
That twenty millions were the steal
Of the Napoleon Ives? -a...
- ''
President Cleveland has offered prize of
SO for the best set of triplets at the Aurora,
N. Y, fair, and Governor Hill s25 for the
best pair of colored twins. A contemporary,
in speaking of the undignified proceeding,
asks: Have they lost their senses" Nay
they seek to increase the census"
**x
Even if Cleveland is his own successor,
the worthy Danl says he will not serve as
secretary again. He is after the controlling
interest in the Albany Argus. Dan'l is
evidently tired of being designated as the
Presidential Squire and wishes hereafter to
be known as our esteemed contemporary
~
Though Anti-povertists are loud
In talk, they won't disgorge;
The theory is for the crowds,
The lands for Henry George.
IT,
The signal service authorities want slO-
600 to establish balloon observatory, says
an exchange. Why put SO much money in
concern that is certain to go up2
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BABYLoNrAN ANTIQUITIES.

Accounts of an Ancient Temple - Tho
Riches Of Chaldes.
A collection of Babylonian antiquities Of
great interest is at the present time in the
hands Of private collector in England. The
collection, says the London Times, consists
Of . series of about 300 inscribed terra-cotta
tablets relating to the revenues and tithes Of
one Of the most ancient Of the Babylonian
when engaged on the works of exploration
In Baby ylonia on behalf of the trustees of the
British Museum, discovered, about thirty
miles from Bagdad, the site Of the ancient
city Of Sippara, one Of the chief centres Of
the religious life Of Chaldea in which was Q
great temple dedicated to the sun god. On
the return of Mr.. Rassam to England native
overseeB were retained on the site for short
time, but were last year removed. No sooner
were these ruen withdrawn than Arab an
tiqQity hunters from Bagdad commenced
nn Sgsngs dig g, on the ste and the
was thus obtained.
The majority Of the tablets relate to the
collections of the temple which were derived
from tithes and dues Imposed on corn and
dates. date. a. vel @ a. contributions e from gious
affords very clear Indications Of the wealth wealth
Of the land of Chaldea in the seventh and
sixth centuries before the Christian era
Thus from one tablet we learn that 1900
sheep were given to the temple as sheep dues
in one year, the owners being allowed to
redeem them on payment of certain sums
In the reign of Darius we have the entry of
fifty-fOur shekels Of gold, q metal rarely
mentioned in these tablets.
One Of the most interesting features of the
tablets is the great care with which the &C.
counts are kept. The names of the payers
are entered in full, and sometimes the name
of the father and the trade are given. The
amount Is entered in ruled columns, and
separate payments in other columns, the
total being given at the foot, and the whole
sometimes countersigned by witnesses. In
dependent of their value as indicating the
fourishing condition of the land of Chaldea
and the richness of the temples, some of these
tablets are of great historical value as con-
Meeting links in the chain of documents on
which Babylonian and Assyrian chronology
are based. Every one of them is dated in
month, day, and regnal year of the Kings
reign when the transaction took place, and
are, therefore, most valuable aid to the con-
struction Of the chronology of the period.
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with him, even II I was not IN Desde-
mOna's home ali tha TINA

WIN MIN, even II l weo not IN Desdo-
mona's home oil the time.
Not far away from Desdemona's palace
You are shown three-story common
place building. You are told that It 10
Othello's palace. A statue Of the Moor
adorns the outside.
Alas the place now IL . beer saloon
and not very inviting. The inmates, for
q wonder, do not show the pillow with
which Othello smothered his fair bride.
Juliet's home at Verona is far different
from Desdemona's palace. No fine
Gothic carvings mark the balcony; no
canal, with its ever-changing scene, flows
by its door. No; It is plain four-story
house In narrow street, crowded In be-
tween two tall houses that look as If
they would like to crush 1t out Of exist
ence. The large house is now divided
into two, and in the ground floor of one
pretty Italian girl keeps bakery and
sells buns and bread to the Veronese
You enter through the great archway
into the courtyard, but see no trace of q
garden, for on all four sides are houses,
stables or sheds. Looking up at the house
you see the cap, which was the coat-of-
arms of the Capulets, cut in stone on the
keystone of the arch, and above it on
the third story is rude, narrow balcony.
This" said one of the men standing in
the courtyard and pointing to the bal
cony, twas Juliet's balcony, where she
talked to Romeo"
Alas how high it was, and how she
must have yelled to make him hear her {!
The man also vouchsafed that in Juliet's
time the courtyard was a garden and
none of the houses now surrounding 1t
were built then.
In front of the house a similar bal
cony to the one inside projects from the
fourth story of the building. Only half of
it is complete now. Your cabman takes
you direct from Juliet's house to her
tomb. 1t is very long distance off, and
once at the entrance you enter low
building by rude barn door. The en-
trance is labeled "Tomba di Guilietta"
A fat girl, with her bare feet in sandals,
opened the door for me, and l entered
to find myself in long building full of
plows and other agricultural imple-
ments. A passage-way through these
unromantic objects led to vegetable
garden. Think of it-going to Juliet's
tomb through patches of cabbages and
artichokes, with pea and potato blossoms
the only flowers to enliven the unroman-
tic scene. 1t was twilight when passed
through the old yard of the suppressed
Franciscan monastery, part of which by
the way is now used as macaroni
factory, and men were playing marbles
with large wooden balls in the big garden.
The fat girl led me for long way and
finally ushered me into corner, where I
saw half dozen men sitting around a
table drinking wine and beer. There
behind them was Juliet's tomb!
1t took me some time to recover from
the shock of seeing beer garden at
tached to the romantic spot, and as ]
stood wondering what would come next,
one of the merrymakers came from his
seat by the table and opened the iron
gate and we entered the little chapel
where the tomb is placed. Back against
the wall rests the red marble sarcoph-
agus, looking for all the world like big
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pended by the neck. And to-day,
when chafed by the harness of life's
cares and duties, my enthusiasm has
quieted down, I still feel an ex-
hilaration as think of those days.
Again 1 hear the musical tongue" of
the hound afar off in the woods as
he tracks the raccoon, and the long
drawn mellow "whoo-ee" Of Uncle Ned
echoing through the dark arches Of the
forest as he cheers his pups" on the
chase.
A few years ago business and pleasure
combined called me to one of the lower
counties of Maryland. 1t was in the
autumn and one night as we sat around
the cozy fire of hickory logs. l dis
covered that the Nimrod of the farm, a
very black negro named Joe, intended to
try his dogs on coon hunt the next
evening. l resolved that, fair means or
foul, I would accompany him, and the
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change from frogs and worms. II Aope,"
said Joe, "that we won't git ON de trail
of de bob-tailed coon tonight"
"Why isn't bob-tailed coon ~ good
as any othery asked I.
DE bob-tailed coon" replied Joe seri-
ously, "am not coon at all; 1t am q
sperrit, but It takes de form OF Q coon"
did you ever chase him" inquired.
"Sartain, I hab, but not TO- long," an
swered Joe; ''de b0b-tailed coon he run
In circle, an whom you find coon ID
runnin' dis way jest call on 20 dogs
and 80 homo, TO NO man yit chased de
Dob-taiisd coon widout sumpin hap'niA'
70 him. v. "
w pushsd or vsy ovss ~ rough
besn'AsA ~ dep beosalng nAere im-